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• Qualcomm and Intel are big players in delivering the semiconductors that are used worldwide every day.

• There are significant financial considerations as to how Qualcomm could possibly finance a purchase as large as Intel.

Recently, it’s been reported that Qualcomm is in the early stages of negotiations to buy out Intel. Intel has been suffering from disappointing financial performance and has been restructuring the company as well as opening its fabrication plants to third parties. Intel has recently announced that it will be separating its fabrication business from the rest of Intel as part of its reaction to continued poor financial performance. Its recent travails have in part been caused by its being late to the party for chips designed for use in AI systems (more specifically GPUs), unlike chip rival Nvidia. Intel has also suffered from competition from long-time rival AMD in both the desktop and server market.

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